Re: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck

["Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>
To: "Jim Camery" <jcamery@domain.elided>; "IH Digest" 
<ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Camery" <jcamery@domain.elided>
> To: "IH Digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 19:21
> Subject: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck
>
>
>
> > Binderphiles:
> >
> > The Feb 2005 issue of Vintage Truck that showed in my mailbox yesterday
> > (what, other than magazines, consistently show up 1 1/2 months early?)
> > has a couple of IH articles.  There is a nice spread on the last light
> > truck manufactured by IH and the last Scout.
> Basically they date their magazine 1-1.5 months off? ;)
>
> > The last truck was a white 1975 200 4x4, vin E0350EHB36688.  It was
> > produced as a grey cab and chassis and had a utility body added.  It
> > currently has a flat bed and still has only 46k on it.  The current
> > owner bought it at an auction and only discovered later that it is the
> > last of the last.  It has "Last Truck built 5/4/75" inside the back of
> > the cab.
> That's a dually, right?  Dana 70 front if it's a 1 ton... wonder what rear
> end it has.
The 200 4x4 would appear to be a 3/4 ton, but I am not sure of that year for 
weight class.
Jim A.

> That truck is just a few miles from Mike Bolton (see below), who is 
> friends
> with the guy who owns that truck.
>
>
> > The last Scout was a 1970 Scout II, vin K0063KGD23023.  It had air, a
> > diesel, and other options.  It was made for a member of the IH Board of
> > Directors who used it for hunting.  It looks like it's had a rough life
> > but is still running.  Someone wrote "10-20-80 The End" on the
> > transmission housing.  It's still a daily driver for someone.
> Mike Bolton owns that one (1980 though <vbg>), he tried to get ahold of it
> for a long time before they let him have it.  I've talked to him online
> some, he seems to be a really nice, standup, guy.  He has a really nice 
> '80
> rallye that he had before and he also just acquired another diesel scout
> fairly recently that could use some work.  I think he may be a lurker on
> here too.
>
>
> > There's also a nice pictoral on a 1973 1310 with a dump body and duals..
> In good shape I take it?
>
> Need to get a certain 1310 travelette actually moved so I can start 
> working
> on it...
>
> -Ryan
>
>
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